Post-pregnancy complication FYI!!!

Anyone else have problems with their gallbladders? I did not while pregnant with my girls but 2 weeks after they were born I started having intense pains after I would eat. It would start in my back and radiate to my front, cause me to belch out loud ( so not me) and eventually started causing me to throw up. Episodes would last from 1 hour to 15 hours. Horrible!!! 3 weeks later I went to the doctor and had emergency surgery. It was supposed to be outpatient but I had to have a second surgery bc I was so full of stones that some escaped and got into my bile ducts and were knocking on the door of my pancreas. Apparently this is pretty common after pregnancy, especially multiples. I did not know this but want others to be aware of it so you won't waste weeks in pain rather than going to the doctor. It has something to do with excess hormones that solidify and create stones. As if having newborn twins wasn't hard enough :0)

Anyone else have problems with their gallbladders? I did not while pregnant with my girls but 2 weeks after they were born I started having intense pains after I would eat. It would start in my back and radiate to my front, cause me to belch out loud ( so not me) and eventually started causing me to throw up. Episodes would last from 1 hour to 15 hours. Horrible!!! 3 weeks later I went to the doctor and had emergency surgery. It was supposed to be outpatient but I had to have a second surgery bc I was so full of stones that some escaped and got into my bile ducts and were knocking on the door of my pancreas. Apparently this is pretty common after pregnancy, especially multiples. I did not know this but want others to be aware of it so you won't waste weeks in pain rather than going to the doctor. It has something to do with excess hormones that solidify and create stones. As if having newborn twins wasn't hard enough :0)

Omg this is scary!! Thanx for the info my babies will be three weeks on tuesday and till now thank god i haven't had any problems but i hope u feel better soon its not funn having to get surgery again carying for twins is pretty stressing and more when u have surgery

Omg this is scary!! Thanx for the info my babies will be three weeks on tuesday and till now thank god i haven't had any problems but i hope u feel better soon its not funn having to get surgery again carying for twins is pretty stressing and more when u have surgery

I'm doing much better. I freaked out at first bc I came out if the hospital having gained 10lbs and I had just gotten back to my pre pregnancy weight. It must have just been from all the IV fluids bc it was gone within 4 days. Thank you for all of your kind words :)

I'm doing much better. I freaked out at first bc I came out if the hospital having gained 10lbs and I had just gotten back to my pre pregnancy weight. It must have just been from all the IV fluids bc it was gone within 4 days. Thank you for all of your kind words :)

I will have to have my gallbladder removed after I've healed from c section. ): Took all of us 31weeks to figure out that was the source of my episodes. The pain is so intense and the worst part was never knowing how long the episodes are going to last or what was causing them! I hope the rest of your recovery goes well especially with newborn twins at home! <3

I will have to have my gallbladder removed after I've healed from c section. ): Took all of us 31weeks to figure out that was the source of my episodes. The pain is so intense and the worst part was never knowing how long the episodes are going to last or what was causing them! I hope the rest of your recovery goes well especially with newborn twins at home! <3

I had my gallbladder removed when my son was 6 weeks old. I let the pain go on for about a month until I couldn't take it anymore, and ended up with emergency surgery. Pregnancy does cause this and also kidney stones, which I too had when I was 7 months pregnant. You're not alone :)

I had my gallbladder removed when my son was 6 weeks old. I let the pain go on for about a month until I couldn't take it anymore, and ended up with emergency surgery. Pregnancy does cause this and also kidney stones, which I too had when I was 7 months pregnant. You're not alone :)

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